Welcome to St Germans Group Parish

Your Kingdom come.....Your will be done.

WE EXTEND A SPECIAL WELCOME to those who are single, married, divorced, widowed, gay, confused, filthy rich, comfortable or dirt poor.

We extend a special welcome to wailing babies and excited toddlers.

We welcome you whether you can sing like Pavarotti or just growl quietly to yourself. You’re welcome here if you’re just browsing, just woken up or just got out of prison. We don’t care if you are more Christian than the Archbishop of Canterbury, or haven’t been to church since Christmas ten years ago.

We extend a special welcome to those who are over 60 but not grown up yet, and to teenagers who are growing up too fast. We welcome keep-fit mums, football dads, starving artists, tree-huggers, latte-sippers, vegetarians, junk-food eaters. We welcome those in recovery or still addicted. We welcome you if you are having problems, are down in the dumps or don’t like ‘organised religion’. (We’re not too keen on it either!)

We offer a welcome to those who think that the earth is flat, work too hard, don’t work, can’t spell, or are here because granny is visiting and wanted to come to church.

We welcome those who are inked, pierced, both or neither. We offer a special welcome to those who could use a prayer right now, had religion shoved down their throats as kids or got lost on the coastal path and wound up here by mistake. We welcome pilgrims, tourists, seekers, doubters ….. and you!
Latest News

September Newsletter & Events

The September newsletter 9. September Newsletter

 

Wednesday Lunches

starting again weekly from Wednesday 6th September at 12 noon

at St Nicolas Church, Downderry

ALL WELCOME to enjoy a free community lunch……

any donations go to parish funds

 

Coffee Morning and Soup and Pud Lunch

– the only regular event to raise funds for our parish –

Saturday 9th September 2017

10.30am – 1.30pm at St Nicolas Church, Downderry

– please support the September event.

All offers of help and provisions to Margaret and David

We serve coffee and drinks from 10.30 with cakes and shortbread, and from noon a selection of breads, soups and puds. We welcome contributions of all these foods ………. And we welcome help to run the tables – i.e. we need YOU even for a couple of hours……..

 

Concert at St Germans Priory Church

23rd September at 7.30pm the Mevagissey Male Choir will be giving a concert

tickets £6.00 each.

Proceeds after expenses to go to the PCC, the Priory Trust and the Bell Ringers.

 

Pub Theology

Second Wednesday of the month at the Eliot Arms 7.30pm-9pm

All welcome to the discussion

September 13th – work : October 11th – evil : November 8th – politics

 

Home Group Meetings in September

Monday mornings at 10.30am studying the Letters of Peter

at Margaret’s home in Hessenford

AND

on alternate Monday evenings 11th and 25th Sept at 7pm

at Bill’s home in St Germans, studying Not in God’s Name by Jonathan Sacks

 

Michael’s last service

Sunday 24th September at 11am at St Germans Priory Church,

followed by a bring and share meal in Church.

 

 

Aug202017

Messy Church in St Germans

– in partnership with the Methodist Church

Messy Church will meet on the third Saturday 16th September at 3pm in St Germans Priory

All children and their accompanying adults  are very welcome – and help on the day from our parishioners very welcome too!

Messy Church…

  • is a way of being church for families involving fun
  • is a church, not a craft club, that helps people encounter Jesus as Lord and Saviour
  • is found across the world
  • values are about being Christ-centred, for all ages, based on creativity, hospitality and celebration

Please contact Evelyn Reed (01503 230449) for more information,  and also if you are able to help………….

Aug192017

THE FOOD BANK – no change to the message – our help is needed

There are collecting boxes in all our four churches – please keep the contributions coming in………..

You will have read in the press that the need is greater than ever – so please keep the contributions coming in.

How can you help the Foodbank?   As usual there always some shortages, currently: Fruit Juice (long life), UHT or Dried Milk, toilet rolls and toiletries, dried potato (Smash), Instant Coffee, tinned fruit and veg and jams

However, money is becoming a continuing issue, and it is becoming a common problem throughout all of Cornwall’s Foodbanks.   All are having to react to an increase in demand; and although food is being donated in increasing volumes covering the demand, the costs related to sustaining larger Foodbanks is becoming a challenge. So, the real requirement now is cash.

If you could help through regular donations we would be extremely grateful. Setting up a Standing Order is ideal, but any donation would be wonderful. We can also take donations CAF and Stewardship schemes.

If you can help please contact the Liskeard & Looe Foodbank.

Tel: 07512 011452. email: liskeard.foodbank@gmail.com

Thank you for your support.

Last year (2016) St Germans Group donated 495.7kg. This is more than twice what was donated in 2015. The Foodbank thanks all living in the parish who have donated so generously – and are continuing to do so………..

News Archives

St Germans, Hessenford, Downderry & Tideford Parish services

AUGUST SERVICES

23rd August Prayer Wednesday
A Time for Prayer 7pm – Downderry

24th  August Prayer Thursday
9.30am Prayers – Hessenford

27th August 11th Sunday after Trinity
9.30am Eucharist – Downderry
11am Eucharist –  St Germans

30th August Prayer Wednesday
7pm Time for Prayer – Downderry

31st August Prayer Thursday
9.30am Parish Prayers – Hessenford

SEPTEMBER SERVICES

3rd September 12th Sunday after Trinity 
9.30am Parish Family Eucharist – Downderry
5pm Evening Service – Tideford

6th September Prayer Wednesday
7pm A Time for Prayer – Downderry

7th September Prayer Thursday
9.30am Parish Prayers – Hessenford

10th September  13th Sunday after Trinity
9.30am – Hessenford
11am Parish Praise – St Germans

13th September Prayer Wednesday
A Time for Prayer 7pm Downderry

14th September Prayer Thursday
Parish Prayers 9.30am Hessenford

16th September Saturday Messy Church
3pm St Germans

17th September   14th Sunday after Trinity
9.30am Eucharist – Downderry
11am Eucharist –  St Germans

20th September Prayer Wednesday
A Time for Prayer 7pm – Downderry

21st  September Prayer Thursday
9.30am Prayers – Hessenford

24th September 15th Sunday after Trinity
9.30am Eucharist – Downderry
11am Eucharist –  St Germans

27th September Prayer Wednesday
7pm Time for Prayer – Downderry

28th September Prayer Thursday
9.30am Parish Prayers – Hessenford

 

East Wivelshire

The area of the Diocese of Truro area is that of the county of Cornwall including the Isles of Scilly. It was formed on 15 December 1876 from the Archdeaconry of Cornwall in the Diocese of Exeter. It is therefore one of the younger dioceses.

The diocese is divided into two archdeaconries:

Rural deaneries

The names of the older deaneries (before 1875) are based on those of the ancient hundreds though the boundaries do not always correspond. The deaneries created in 1875 in the episcopate of Frederick Temple were Bodmin, Stratton, St Austell, and Carnmarth. These remained unchanged until Carnmarth was divided; later still in the 1980s some alterations of boundaries occurred. Chronological Sequence:

Estwevelsire, 1259; Estwyvelschyre, 1291; Estwevelschire, 1366; Easte, 1672; East, 1847, 1980; East Wivelshire, 1997, 2009.

Parishes Currently in the Deanery of East Wivelshire

St Germans Group Parish PCC as from 2nd April 2017

Permanent members of the PCC

The Vicar
Secretary – Margaret Sylvester-Thorne
Treasurer – Fiona Liddicoat

Parish Wardens:

Paul Gribble and Matt Frost

Church Stewards:

Downderry: Steve Liddicoat
Hessenford: Fiona Bristow
Tideford: Matt Frost
St Germans: Richard Laugharne

PCC members:

Downderry: Sue Booth; Andrew Pidgen, Jenny Daniels and Cashiers:Tim Pullin and Sue Pidgen
Hessenford: Yvonne Byles,  Fran Moore,
Cashier:  Fiona Bristow
St Germans: Chris Bowditch, June Greaves, Evelyn Reed
Cashier: Peter Daw
Tideford:  post vacant
Cashier: Ron Bradley

Deanery Synod Reps:

Rosemary Stevenson, Margaret Sylvester-Thorne, David Watters